Improvement in fountains



w. J. & W. H. CLARK. FOUNTAIN.

16.192,152. Patented :une 19.1877.

w. J, & W. H. GLARK.

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UNITEI) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. CLARK AND WILLIAM nj. CLARK, OE sALEM, oHIo.

IMPROVEMENT lN FOUNTAINS.

Specification forming part of Letters'PatentNo. 192,152, dated June 19,1877; application filed `December 16, 1876.

State of Ohio, have invcntcdnew and useful Improvements in Fountains, ofwhich the following is a full and complete description, reference beinghad to the accompanying draw lng, making a part of this specification,in which-- Figure l is a side view of the fountain. Fig. Figs. 3, 4, 5,and 6 are detached sections.v

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several viewspresented.

This invention is a fountain' 'theconstruction and operation of whichare substantially as follows: The fountain referred to consists of abasin, A, supported on a standard, B, and base C. The holding capacityof the basin may be more or less, as the size of the fountain mayrequire. Within the standard is secured a cylinder, D, Fig. 2, madewater-tight at the bottom. The upper end thereof extends above thebottom of the basin, and is covered with a cap, E, fitting closely onover the outside, as shown in the drawing. In said cylinder is a piston,F, which, as will be seen, does not till the diameter of the cylinder,there being a space between it and the sides thereof for awater-passage. Around the upper end of the piston is an elastic band orvalve, G, having a peripheral projection, b, at its upper end, whichholds in place a wire, a, wrapped immediately below it around the bandor valve, to secure a water-tight attachment of the valve to the piston.The upper end of the valve is gained into the piston so as not toobstruct the water-passage between it and the sides of the cylinder, thelower end being loose to spread out laterally to the sides of thecylinder, or to contract around the piston, constituting a valve to openand close the waterpassagc. H is a jet-pipe passing vertically throughthe piston and cylindei, and through the cap to the outside, andterminates in a nozzle, I, within and at the center of the basin.-Thelower end ofthe pipe terminates in anopen foot or rest, J, wherebythe end of the pipe is prevented from being drawn through the bore inthe piston, and is also raised from the bottom of the cylinder for theadmission of water into the pipe through the openings in the foot orrest.

A sponge, h, or similar porous substance, is placed within the nozzle I,(in a removable `manner to facilitate cleaning or reuewal,)

whereby particles of dirt that would otherwise clog the jet-opening arearrested without retarding the iiow of water to the jet-opening. rEhesponge or its equivalent may be placed within the jet-pipe or at itslowerend with a similar good result for convenient acl cess. However,its location within the nozzle` is preferred. It will be seen, onexamination of Fig. 2, that the pipe does not wholly fit the borein thepiston, but is 'loose therein, so that it may slide freely through, butwhich, however, is made water-tight in the piston by a packing, c,fitting around the pipe .and secured in a stuffing-box, K, of which L isthe screw-follower for compressing the packing in the box and around thepipe, as shown in Fig. 2, wherein it will be seen that the inner edge ofthe packing is beveled from each side to the center, thereby presentingan annular projection or rib to the pipe 5. hence, the contact ot' thepacking with the pipe is but a line of surface, and, therefore, thepacking offers but little frictional resistance to the movement of thepipe in the piston. The packing may be rounded or beveled on one sideonly. The shape shown in Fig. 2 is preferable, however.

Thepractical loperation of the above-described apparatus is as follows:The piston is adjusted in the cylinder, as shown in` Fig. 2, with thejet-pipe projecting through the cap andthe nozzle attached thereto, asseen in said Fig. 2. Water is now poured into the basin until it and thecylinder are both iilled. The water flows into the cylinder through anopening in the cover around the jet-pipe. The piston is then pulledupward by the jetpipe until it is felt to touch the cap ot" thecylinder. The jet-pipe is then pushed down to its former positionthatis, with the foot J standing on the bottom of the cylinder. The piston,being made of lead, will descend in the cylinder of its own gravity, andin so doing forces the water below in the cylinder into the pipe, upthrough which it passes into the basin above. The piston is followed'inits descent by the water in the basin, and thus a uniform height ofwater is maintained in the basin at all times. The piston, havingdescended to the bottom of the cylinder, is again drawn up as before,and will again descend, forcing the Water below it up the pipe into thebasin. While the pistoni is descending, the water below it forces thevalve G outward to the sides of the cylinder in such a manner as toprevent the passage of water from below up around the piston, it beingforced through the jet-pipe. On the ascent ofthe piston the valve G willcontract around it and allow the piston to be lifted through the waterabove. Water.- passages through the piston, and valves to open and closethe same, are thereby dispensed with, the boreA in the piston beingsolelyto accommodate the passage of the jetpipethrough the piston, thepassage of water through the bore being prevented entirely by thepacking c.

The arrangement of the jet-pipe makes it a convenient means of liftingthe piston to start the fountain, and dispenses with the necessity ofspecial devices for that purpose. It also enables us to deliver the jetwithin and at the center ofthe basin,and yet avoid bends or angles inthe pipe, which retard the ow of water through it, rendering itdifficult to clean, and making it necessary to provide slip-joints orcouplings in the pipe to accommodate the removal of the piston from thecylinder. These slip-joints or couplings in pipe are obpurposespecified.

and thereby diminish the running-time 0f the fountain.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The piston F and expansive valve G, secured thereto in the manner asdescribed, in combination with the' cylinder D, substantially as hereinset forth, and for the purpose specified.

2. The movable jetpipe H, constructed and arranged to operate incombination with the piston F and cylinder D, substantially in themanner described, and for the purpose herein specified.

3. 'lheA packing c or its equivalent, in combination with the jet-pipe Hand piston F, substantially as herein set' forth, and for the 4. Incombination with the jet-pipe H, the foot J or its equivalent,substantially as herein described, and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of the' piston F, the valve G, the packing c, thejet-pipe H, the cylinder D, and basin A, substantially as hereindescribed, and for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: v L. M. BAUN, LUoIEN L. GILBERT.

